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# Codebook for The Church as Arbiter 
## February 2025

# Commune-level dataset 
| Variable    | Definition                                | Source    |
|-------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------|
|cassini | Cassini ID  | Gay (2021) |
|year| Year | Authors (AF yearbooks) |
|cath| Nb of Catholic Associations registered in the Journal Officiel | Authors (JO website) |
|rep| Nb of Republican Associations registered in the Journal Officiel | Authors (JO website) |
|Pasc| Share attending Easter Mass | Boix et al (2021) |
|deppct| Canton ID |  Gay (2021) |
|nb_sect| Nb of AF Branches |  Authors (AF yearbooks) |
|com_name| Name Municipality |  Gay (2021)  |
|above5 | =1 if High La Croix Readership | Authors (from Cholvy and Hilaire, 2000) |
|left19 | Vote share of the left in 1919 | Authors (from Lachapelle, 1920) |
|nopol | =1 if Anti AF Bishop | Authors (from Prevotat, 2001) |
|pop1926 | Population in 1926 | Gay (2021) |
|AF_Meetings | Nb of Meetings of AF | Authors (from AF newspapers) |
|nb_sectpres| Nb of AF Branches with president |  Authors (AF yearbooks) |
|nb_sectperm| Nb of AF Branches with permanence |  Authors (AF yearbooks) |

# Canton-level dataset 
| Variable    | Definition                                | Source    |
|-------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------|
|year| Year | Authors (AF yearbooks) |
|cath| Nb of Catholic Associations registered in the Journal Officiel | Authors (JO website) |
|rep| Nb of Republican Associations registered in the Journal Officiel | Authors (JO website) |
|Pasc| Share attending Easter Mass | Boix et al (2021) |
|deppct| Canton ID |  Gay (2021) |
|pct_name_prop| Name of Canton |  Gay (2021) |
|nb_sectperm| Nb of AF Branches with permanence |  Authors (AF yearbooks) |
|above5 | =1 if High La Croix Readership | Authors (from Cholvy and Hilaire, 2000) |
|left19 | Vote share of the left in 1919 | Authors (from Lachapelle, 1920) |
|nopol | =1 if Anti AF Bishop | Authors (from Prevotat, 2001) |
|pop1926 | Population in 1926 | Gay (2021) |
|ext_dr36 | Vote share of the extreme right in 1936 | Authors (from Lachapelle, 1936) |
|ext_dr32 | Vote share of the extreme right in 1932 | Authors (from Lachapelle, 1932) |
|ext_dr28 | Vote share of the extreme right in 1928 | Authors (from Lachapelle, 1928) |
|right36 | Vote share of the right in 1936 | Authors (from Lachapelle, 1936) |
|right32 | Vote share of the right in 1932 | Authors (from Lachapelle, 1932) |
|right28 | Vote share of the right in 1928 | Authors (from Lachapelle, 1928) |
|mod_right36 | Vote share of the moderate right in 1936 | Authors (from Lachapelle, 1936) |
|mod_right32 | Vote share of the moderate right in 1932 | Authors (from Lachapelle, 1932) |
|mod_right28 | Vote share of the moderate right in 1928 | Authors (from Lachapelle, 1928) |

# Department-level dataset 
| Variable    | Definition                                | Source    |
|-------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------|
|year| Year | Authors (AF yearbooks) |
|cath| Nb of Catholic Associations registered in the Journal Officiel | Authors (JO website) |
|rep| Nb of Republican Associations registered in the Journal Officiel | Authors (JO website) |
|Pasc| Share attending Easter Mass | Boix et al (2021) |
|Depnum| Departement ID |  Authors  |
|nb_sectperm| Nb of AF Branches with permanence |  Authors (AF yearbooks) |
|above5 | =1 if High La Croix Readership | Authors (from Cholvy and Hilaire, 2000) |
|left19 | Vote share of the left in 1919 | Authors (from Lachapelle, 1920) |
|nopol | =1 if Anti AF Bishop | Authors (from Prevotat, 2001) |
|pop1926 | Population in 1926 | Gay (2021) |
|nb_day | Nb of Days of Political Violence | Tilly and Zambrano (1989) |
|partviol | Nb of Participants in Political Violence | Tilly and Zambrano (1989) |


# Diocese-level dataset
| Variable    | Definition                                | Source    |
|-------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------|
|year| Year | Authors (AF yearbooks) |
|dioc_num | ID Diocese | Gay (2021) |
|dioc_name | Diocese Name | Gay (2021) |
|evequenomme | Pope Appointing the Bishop (as in 1926) | Authors (from Prevotat, 2001) |
|civil_funeral_sum | Sum of Secular Burials up to a given year (without missing years) | Authors (from Prevotat, 2001) |
|secburial_total | Total Nb of Secular Burials | Authors (from Prevotat, 2001) |
|nb_sectperm| Nb of AF Branches with permanence |  Authors (AF yearbooks) |


# References
- Cholvy, G., & Hilaire, Y. M. (2000). Histoire religieuse de la France contemporaine,1880-1914. Privat
- Gay, V. (2021). Mapping the Third Republic: A geographic information system of France (1870–1940). Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History, 54(4), 189-207.
- Lachapelle (1920) Elections Legislatives du 16 Novembre 1919. 
- Lachapelle (1928) Elections Legislatives du 22-29 Avril 1928. 
- Lachapelle (1932) Elections Legislatives du 1-8 Mai 1932. 
- Lachapelle (1936) Elections Legislatives du 26 avril et 3 Mai 1936. 
- Prévotat, J. (2001). Les catholiques et l'Action française: histoire d'une condamnation; 1899-1939. Fayard.
- Tilly, C., & Zambrano, R. (2006). Violent events in France, 1830-1860 and 1930-1960.